The Supreme Court: Busy End

The Supreme Court last week wound
up a busy term with a busy decision day. The Court:

¶ Reversed a
twelve-year-old ruling and eliminated a judicial double standard that
had permitted the use of illegally procured evidence in state courts
but not in federal courts. By a 5-to-4 majority, the High Court ruled
that "all evidence obtained by searches and seizures in violation of
the Constitution is, by that same authority, inadmissible in a
state court." At least 24 states will have to modify the rules of
evidence now used in their courts.